You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SessionsArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.323,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Claude Code can run sessions in a background service (a daemon, a program that keeps running on its own). Two things changed:
When a background job stalls while you are connecting to it, Claude Code normally restarts it. It no longer does this for a job that is waiting on sign-in.
The background service accepts a new check-credential request, which reports whether it holds a credential (your login). It is refused unless the client presents the service's control key.
Why
A background session waiting for you to log in is no longer killed and restarted over and over.
